ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Good news! The Introduction to the Handbook of Critical Data Studies #HCDS #CriticalDataStudies is now open access. You can get a good overview of the volume: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...degruyterbrill.com 030
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026New book out: De Gruyter Handbook of Critical Data Studies. Edited by Ulises Mejias (ulises-mejias.bsky.social), Jasmine McNealy (@jasminemcnealy.com) and Milagros Miceli (@milamiceli.bsky.social). Thanks to the authors of this incredible collection of 33 chapters! tnyr.me#NAUVTms1Dm 173
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 20/05/2026My interview for Humanities New York - Inflection Points: "But the conversation moves beyond critique of technology alone. Again and again, Mejias returns to the role of the humanities in helping people navigate periods of rapid change." youtu.be/EACAydNg87Ayoutu.beThe Digital Revolution and the Future of Civic Life | Ulises Mejias | Inflection PointsYouTube video by Humanities New York 000
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The human labor that makes AI work: Regine Cabato and I were interviewed for NPR's It's Been a Minute: www.npr.org/2026/05/11/n...npr.orgThe human labor that makes AI work : It's Been a MinuteCan AI really do everything by itself?AI has impressed a lot of people with its output. But even though it’s sold as an autonomous, inhuman tool, there’s a lot of human work that goes into it. While t... 000
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The documentary Data Revolution is out: youtu.be/hIfgNruCA6Q?...youtu.beData Revolution | Full DocumentaryYouTube video by INCA_EU 000
Reposted by @ulises-mejias.bsky.socialAcademe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 09/02/2026New in Academe: "Artificial Intelligence as a Threat to Academic Labor" by Ulises A. Mejias: www.aaup.org/issue/winter... @ulises-mejias.bsky.social 0127
Reposted by @ulises-mejias.bsky.socialDiversifying and Decolonising the University @ddtupodcast.bsky.social · 10/02/2026In the new episode of the podcast, we talk to @ulises-mejias.bsky.social & @couldrynick.bsky.social about their book Data Grab! They talk the 'new colonialism of big tech' and much else. Listen wherever you get your shows, or here: zencastr.com/z/At7zGFhV Please subscribe, share, and get in touch! 056
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Artificial Intelligence as a Threat to Academic Labor. Who benefits when AI is introduced into higher education? By Ulises A. Mejias (adapted from an earlier op-ed at Future U blog.) www.aaup.org/issue/winter...aaup.orgArtificial Intelligence as a Threat to Academic LaborAI is reinscribing academic labor in ways that privilege certain economics interests. 01711
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 06/04/2025My new @truthout.org op-ed on Artificial Bureaucratic Intelligence: truthout.org/articles/ai-...truthout.orgAI Isn’t Going to Cut Government Bureaucracy — It’s Going to Vastly Worsen ItTrump is pushing a new artificial intelligence-driven bureaucracy to gut public services and use our data to exploit us. 030
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 01/04/2025BBC Mundo article (in Spanish) about Latam-GPT, a Latin American open GenAI project. I am interviewed in the piece, providing a critical response. IMO, projects like this don't do enough to challenge the extractivist and capitalist premises of GenAI. www.bbc.com/mundo/articl... #DataColonialismbbc.comLatam-GPT, el proyecto que busca ser el primer modelo de inteligencia artificial colaborativo de América Latina - BBC News MundoLa iniciativa, que se lanzará a mediados de junio de 2025, busca convertirse en el primer modelo de inteligencia artificial (IA) colaborativo de América Latina y el Caribe, cuya naturaleza promete ser... 040
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 20/02/2025"Data Colonialism Comes Home To The US: Resistance Must Too": a Tech Policy Press op-ed by Nick (@couldrynick.bsky.social) and me www.techpolicy.press/data-colonia...techpolicy.pressData Colonialism Comes Home To The US: Resistance Must Too | TechPolicy.PressNick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias write that applying the lens of data colonialism can help explain DOGE and how to resist it. 0267
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Here's a panel Zach Kaiser and I did on "GenAI & Academic Integrity in Higher Education", hosted by the amazing folks at Future U youtu.be/TNjZZjExglI?...youtu.beMejias and Kaiser on GenAI & Academic Integrity in Higher EducationYouTube video by FutureU, Neoliberalism in Higher Education 100
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 14/02/2025FYI, I'll be participating on a forum on GenAI & Academic Integrity in Higher Education - Tuesday Feb 18. futureu.education/futureu-foru...futureu.educationNEXT FUTUREU FORUM: Mejias and Kaiser on GenAI & Academic Integrity in Higher Education - Future UGenAI and Academic Integrity in Higher Education February 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST Join the presentation live on YouTube No cost. The link above takes you to the Forum. Generative Artificial ... 010
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 10/02/2025'This change in what constitutes “mainstream” speech was necessary to prepare the ground for Trump’s new immigration policies, and it signals a convenient and profitable arrangement between those who control data and those who control borders.' www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...aljazeera.comBig Tech is powering Trump’s immigration crackdownAnd the only way to resist it is grassroots mobilisation against the all-powerful broligarchy. 012
ulises-mejias.bsky.social @ulises-mejias.bsky.social · 27/12/2024My new op-ed. Let's stop pretending GenAI is compatible with the values of the university. futureu.education/higher-ed/co...futureu.educationCOMMENTARY by Ulises A. Mejias: The Core of Gen-AI is Incompatible with Academic Integrity - Future UBy encouraging GenAI, we are directly undermining the principles we have been trying to instill in our students. Many years ago, I had a student whose written assignments were very hard to decipher. T... 1258
Reposted by @ulises-mejias.bsky.socialNick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024this is very exciting to hear! Thanks @melhogan.bsky.social 0223
